Interview with Peggy Robles-Alvarado

Peggy Robles-Alvarado is a Puerto Rican and Dominican poet, writer, and educator based in New York. From being featured in numerous articles and attending speaking engagements all around New York City, Robles-Alvarado uses her poetry to educate and empower others around her. Her most recent accomplishments are having two self published books. The first is Conversations With My Skin (2011) and the second is Homage to Warrior Women (2012). The second book was a finalist in the Latino Book Awards for Best Bilingual Poetry and Best Cover. Robles-Alvarado sat down with LatinTrends to discuss her five golden rules for young moms wanting to succeed and how her poetry has influenced others.

Interviewer: What is your definition of success?Peggy Robles Alvarado: My definition of success is anything that makes me happy with myself.

Interviewer: What are your 5 Golden Rules for young women wanting to succeed?PRA: My 5 Golden Rules would be fearless, be perfectly imperfect, no excuses, just solutions, listen to your spirit and intuition, and always say thank you.

Interviewer: Where did the idea of your book, Homage to Warrior Women come from?PRA: The idea of the book came from gratitude, in which, we thank the women that had helped us in the past and overcome it. We are all warriors in our own way.

Interviewer: Did you know that you would become very successful one day or did it catch you by surprise?PRA: I have always been a very goal oriented person, so it always had been ingrained in me that becoming successful was something that I had to do. At one point, my soul was happy, but my creative side needed more. This is where I believe my daughter saved my life and is how my first book, Conversations With My Skin was formed.

Interviewer: What advice would you give to other women who are trying to be successful when they are constantly hearing rejection after rejection?PRA: The advice I would give is that I tell myself that I am learning. It is a process to learn to forgiveness and self and know what to work on. As women, we are our own worse critics and tend to dwell on the negative, but can always overcome rejection.

To find out more information about Peggy Robles-Alvarado and her accomplishments visit <a href="http://robleswrites.com/” target=”_blank”>http://robleswrites.com/.